How to Knit

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How to Knit

• An instructional slide show by
• Hana Fritz

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Why choose knitting?

• It is therapeutic
• It is cheaper than buying a scarf or a hat
• All of your friends are doing it
• What yarn should you use? Shopping by price?
  Lets compare some yarn prices.
• Prices according to www.joann.com

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How to get started

• Grab some needles, yarn of your choice, scissors,
  yarn needle with a big eye and lets get started!

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Casting on

• Step 1 Make a slip knot on the shaft of one
  needle. This counts as your first stitch.
• Step 2 Place this needle in left hand. Hold
  other needle in right hand to control the yarn.
  Insert point of right needle, from front to back,
  into the slip knot and under the left needle

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Casting on continued

• Step 3 Hold left needle still in left hand, and
  move left fingers over to brace right needle.
• Step 4 With right index finger, pick up the yarn
  from the ball.
• Step 5 Release right hands grip on the needle,
  and use index finger to bring yarn under and over
  the point of right needle.
• Step 6 Return right fingers to right needle, and
  draw yarn through stitch with point of right
  needle.

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Casting on continued

• Step 7 Slide point of left needle into back of
  new stitch, then remove right needle.
• Step 8 Pull ball yarn gently to make the stitch
  fit snuggly on needle. You have now made one
  stitch (called casting on), and there are two
  stitches on left needle (slip knot is counted as
  a stitch).
• Step 9 Insert point of right needle, from front
  to back, into stitch just made, and under left
  needle. Repeat these steps as many times as you
  want your piece wide.

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Knitting the first row

• Step 1 Hold needle with stitches in left hand
  insert point of right needle in first stitch,
  from front to back, just as in casting on.
• Step 2 With right index finger, bring yarn from
  ball under and over point of right needle.
• Step 3 Draw yarn through stitch with right
  needle point.
• Step 4 This step now differs from casting on
  Slip loop on left needle off, so new stitch is
  entirely on right needle.

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KNIT KNIT KNIT

• Keep switching needles and repeat steps 1-4
  until you finish an entire row. Keeping knitting
  until you read your desired length!

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Casting offWhen you are finished with your
masterpiece, it is time to cast off.

• Step 1 Knit the first 2 stitches insert left
  needle into stitch you knitted first, and pull it
  over the second stitch and completely off the
  needle.
• Step 2 Knit one more stitch, insert left needle
  into first stitch on right needle, and pull it
  over the new stitch and completely off the
  needle. Another stitch is bound off dont work
  too tightly.
• Repeat Step 2 until one stitch remains now cut
  yarn from skein, leaving a 6" end. With needle
  draw end up and through last stitch to secure it.
  Thread yarn end into yarn needle and weave end
  into several stitches to secure it.

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Now its time to enjoy!

• Thank you for watching my presentation. All of
  the steps and instructional pictures were found
  at http//www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3
  . Enjoy your new craft!